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From: "Loyall, David" <david.loyall@nebraska.gov>
To: emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: We're doing it wrong. [WAS]: Zip utility on Windows for ODT exporter
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:06:55 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <FCEE4469EE8B234199968ECA9B0661E208CD671A@STNEEX10MB02.stone.ne.gov> (raw)

> Just tried [...X] and don't have the [... utility] that Org is looking for.

And that's why civilized programs don't depend on external executables from $PATH.

Now, I'd imagine that some people have argued in the past that org shouldn't depend on external executables.  Clearly those arguments have failed.

But, let's take a fresh look.  How about this rule of thumb: don't depend on external executables **from $PATH**.

Can we agree on that?

How about: don't depend on external executables from $PATH, but allow the user to override via config.

This is important on the 'reproducible research' front.

Cheers,
--Dave

             reply	other threads:[~2013-03-27 14:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-03-27 14:06 Loyall, David [this message]
2013-03-27 22:04 ` We're doing it wrong. [WAS]: Zip utility on Windows for ODT exporter John Hendy
2013-04-06  0:10   ` Bastien
2013-04-06 17:56     ` John Hendy
2013-04-06 18:09       ` Bastien
2013-04-06 18:15         ` John Hendy
2013-04-06 18:19           ` Bastien
2013-04-06 20:54           ` Achim Gratz
2013-04-07  7:50 ` Achim Gratz
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2013-04-11 14:58 Loyall, David
2013-04-11 15:11 ` Bastien
2013-04-11 18:13 ` Achim Gratz

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